My life is different now than how it would have been had I not received the transfer. This is because I have already built an iron roofed house for myself. Even though I have not completed building it, I am glad that I am almost through since the floor is the only remaining part. Being able to build a more decent house at my age is the greatest achievement I am proud of so far.

In my own opinion, GiveDirectly does well by giving out financial aid and I do not see anything that they do not do well.

When I received my transfer, I spent KES 50,000 to build a house for myself. I had bought some building materials using my first transfers and only had to buy a few like gravel using my second transfer. I settled to build an iron roofed house since the roof to my previous house was always leaking during the rainy season. I spent the remaining amount on food and other household necessities.

It was a blessed day ever seen before in my life. It was in the afternoon when everyone else had received money from GiveDirectly. With my inability to read messages, I couldn't realize the good news I had until my children came around. One of them went through my messages and she broke the good news to me. I was overwhelmed with joy knowing that I would be able to build a good house and forget the poor conditions in the old grass-thatched house I had lived in for quite so long.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I currently shelter under a more presentable house. This would not have been possible had it not have been for GD. I had spent the much I could raise to bring up my family until my current old age when I am no longer able to actively engage in high paying farming and casual jobs to change my current living standards. When I received the money from GiveDirecytly, I spent the entire amount to construct a semi-permanent house. The weekly maintenance that my old, grass-thatched house needed was becoming too much for me thus I had lived in it under pathetic conditions. I feel so happy to have my new house, I enjoy the comfort of a warm house, I am no longer rained on and I am relaxed since I do not have to do a lot to maintain and repair it like before.

To me, receiving this money was a change in my living standards. I am old and unfortunately, I never had a good house that could sustain me the adverse weather conditions and the much longer I could live in. I invested my little resources in my children thus I was able to build a permanent house that could give me a comfortable stay at my current old age. When I received the cash transfers from GiveDirectly, I used the entire transfer to build a small semi permanent house. I feel lucky to have such and house that went out of my dreams and efforts. Thank you GiveDirectly.